--- title: Install Budbrain's Chess on Arch Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of Budbrain's Chess for on Arch Linux - A hundred chess levels against the AI, beginner to club player url: https://snapcraft.io/install/budbrainschess/arch --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install Budbrain's Chess on **Arch Linux** # Budbrain's Chess (budbrainschess) [Josef Sejrek (budbrain)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/budbrain "View all snaps from Josef Sejrek (budbrain)") * [Josef Sejrek (budbrain)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/budbrain "View all snaps from Josef Sejrek (budbrain)") * [Entertainment](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=entertainment) * [Games](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=games) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/budbrainschess/arch#install) #### A hundred chess levels against the AI, beginner to club player A hundred chess levels, and the opponent gets stronger with every one of them. Click a piece and every move it may make lights up; click a lit square and the piece goes there. It starts gently. On the first levels the opponent plays with a handicap — without a queen, without knights, or with nothing but a king and pawns — so a first game is winnable. From there the strength climbs level by level, from around 150 ELO to 1900, and every stage of ten levels brings a board of its own: pine, olive, walnut, marble, ink, emerald, plum, graphite, glass and obsidian. There is help for every skill level. A hint button suggests a good move, your own pieces blink red when they are under attack, and any move can be taken back. Two dice decide who opens the game. Every game you win is kept as a board you can look at again, with your time and your stars. * A hundred levels in ten stages, each stage with its own board * The opponent plays with a handicap on the early levels * Every legal move of the piece you pick lights up * A hint when you are stuck, and your threatened pieces blink * Take back a move, turn the board, and it remembers where you stopped * Three stars per level — win in fewer moves to earn them * A gallery of every game you have won * Music and sound each with their own volume * Mouse and keyboard Available in 22 languages. Chess engine: js-chess-engine by Josef Jadrny, MIT licence. Music: "Only silence remains" by zero-project (), licensed CC BY 4.0. Also available as .deb, RPM, Flatpak, AppImage and for Arch at www.budbrain.de Developed by Vera and Josef Sejrek / Budbrain Software Contact: chess@budbrain.de Keywords: chess, board game, strategy, levels, single player, offline, beginner, club player, classic, relaxing ### Package name * budbrainschess --- ### License * Proprietary --- ### Last updated * 4 September 2026 - latest/stable --- ### Websites * [www.budbrain.de](https://www.budbrain.de "https://www.budbrain.de") --- ### Contact * [chess@budbrain.de](mailto:chess@budbrain.de "mailto:chess@budbrain.de") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/budbrainschess/arch#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Arch Linux and install Budbrain's Chess Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd On Arch Linux, snap can be installed from the [Arch User Repository (AUR).](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/snapd/) The [manual build process](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Installing_packages) is the Arch-supported install method for AUR packages, and you’ll need the [prerequisites](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Prerequisites) installed before you can install any AUR package. You can then install snap with the following: ``` git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/snapd.git cd snapd makepkg -si ``` Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled: ``` sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket ``` If [AppArmor](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AppArmor) is enabled in your system, enable the service which loads AppArmor profiles for snaps: ``` sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor.service ``` To enable *classic* snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between `/var/lib/snapd/snap` and `/snap`: ``` sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap ``` Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install Budbrain's Chess To install Budbrain's Chess, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install budbrainschess ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? 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